STARMAN

Director: Maddy Ginn

2026 • Canada • 22 min. • English

Starman is a character-driven queer drama set in 1990 that follows Bowie Madison, a hot-headed young black woman who is one year into her service with the Canadian Air Force. After getting into a fight with another trainee, Bowie is plagued by memories of the year prior and reminded why she joined in the first place.

Trigger Warning: Death of parent

Fish & Chips

Director: Macadie Amoroso

2026 • UK • 13 min. • English

Fab plans a surprise for Cassie on their first anniversary, but Cassie’s rough day, coupled with a party popper mishap, leads to a heated argument over dinner options. What starts as a takeaway tiff over Caribbean or pizza spirals into an identity battle, revealing deep-seated resentments about their racial and queer identities. Fish & Chips is a tender, unflinching exploration of mixed-heritage identity, queer love, and the fine line between connection and conflict.

Trigger Warning: Heated relationship conflict, racial/queer identity conflict, and emotional distress

Mooncake

Director: Shih-Yin Judy Yeh, Amanda Kaye

2026 • Australia • 12 min. • English & Mandarin Chinese

On the night of her family’s Moon Festival gathering, Lydia, a nervy Chinese-Australian, comes out via interpretive song, unleashing chaos, generational reckoning, and a torrent of long-buried family secrets, all while her younger brother films every second of this family-altering evening.

“Conversations on a Boat”

Director: Sabina Jacobsson

2026 • Norway • 15 min. • Norwegian with English Subtitles

Two women in their mid-50s meet on a boat in the Oslofjord, where an apparently calm reunion gradually reveals a complex relationship marked by desire, longing, and unresolved love. The film explores time, aging, and the freedom that emerges after midlife. It is a tender, unapologetic celebration of queer intimacy in adulthood.

You and Me make Three

Director: Emmalie El Fadli

2026 • UK • 19 min. • English

When Alannah finally decides she’s ready for a baby, she and her wife Amara dive headfirst into the wild world of sperm donors, DIY insemination, and awkward conversations, all while trying to keep their sanity (and dignity) intact.